LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Arsenal moved back to the top of the English Premier League standings with a 2-1 win over Aston Villa on Monday. Here are the results and standings following the EPL matches played on Jan. 13.
Arsenal returned to the top of the league with 48 points, one more than Manchester City, after Jack Wilshere and Olivier Giroud scored one minute apart.
“We’ve just got to take each game as it comes, we know we’re top of the league,” Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere told Sky Sports 1.
“We’ve had a game every three days up to now and now we’ve got a week off so it’s important we get our rest in.”
Chelsea sits at third with 46pts, while Liverpool returns to the top four with a thrilling 5-3 victory at Stoke City on Sunday.
At the other end, Crystal Palace remains bottom of the pile with 17 points, the same as Sunderland and one less than Cardiff City.
Results – Monday, January 13
Aston Villa 1 Arsenal 2
Results – Sunday, January 12
Newcastle United 0 Manchester City 2
Stoke City 3 Liverpool 5
Results – Saturday, January 11
Cardiff City 0 West Ham United 2
Everton 2 Norwich City 0
Fulham 1 Sunderland 4
Hull City 0 Chelsea 2
Manchester United 2 Swansea City 0
Southampton 1 West Bromwich Albion 0
Tottenham Hotspur 2 Crystal Palace 0
English Premier League Table Standings
Standings P W D L F A Pts
1 Arsenal 21 15 3 3 41 19 48
2 Manchester City 21 15 2 4 59 23 47
3 Chelsea 21 14 4 3 40 19 46
4 Liverpool 21 13 3 5 51 26 42
5 Everton 21 11 8 2 34 19 41
6 Tottenham Hotspur 21 12 4 5 26 25 40
7 Manchester United 21 11 4 6 35 24 37
8 Newcastle United 21 10 3 8 29 27 33
9 Southampton 21 8 6 7 27 23 30
10 Hull City 21 6 5 10 22 27 23
11 Aston Villa 21 6 5 10 20 27 23
12 Stoke City 21 5 7 9 22 35 22
13 Swansea City 21 5 6 10 26 30 21
14 West Bromwich Albion 21 4 9 8 23 28 21
15 Norwich City 21 5 5 11 17 35 20
16 Fulham 21 6 1 14 22 46 19
17 West Ham United 21 4 6 11 21 30 18
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18 Cardiff City 21 4 6 11 15 34 18
19 Sunderland 21 4 5 12 19 34 17
20 Crystal Palace 21 5 2 14 13 31 17
